Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) in New Zealand

New Zealand: Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) was 96.2 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
96.2
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
4th
of 157 countries
All-time high
96.2
in 2015
All-time low
96.2
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) in New Zealand, 2015–2019

0204060801002015201720192015: 96.22016: 96.22017: 96.22018: 96.22019: 96.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in New Zealand stood at 96.2. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over five years.

New Zealand ranks 4th of 157 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) in New Zealand, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in New Zealand, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 96.2
2016 96.2 +0.0%
2017 96.2 +0.0%
2018 96.2 +0.0%
2019 96.2 +0.0%

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 1 Austria 100 compare
  2. 1 Estonia 100 compare
  3. 3 Mauritius 97.86 compare
  4. 4 Germany 96.2 compare
  5. 4 Slovenia 96.2 compare
  6. 7 Croatia 94.27 compare
  7. 7 Finland 94.27 compare
  8. 7 France 94.27 compare
  9. 7 Latvia 94.27 compare
  10. 7 Lithuania 94.27 compare
  11. 7 Yemen 94.27 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in New Zealand?
Paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in New Zealand was 96.2 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 96.2 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 96.2 in 2015.
How does New Zealand rank for paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology)?
New Zealand ranks 4th out of 157 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this New Zealand data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
157 places, 785 data points, 2015–2019
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The score for time to obtain VAT refund benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies.